Cettina and Sara talk about Baden-Württemberg, a federal state in the south of Germany that has a number of defining geographical features and cultural hallmarks.

Andy takes us out on the ice to try to determine how deep it is, and then explains the difference between different types of ice skates.

When it's cold enough, the lakes in southern Germany develop a thick layer of ice that is good all sorts of winter pastimes. Cettina talks about the history of ice-skating and interviews an ice hockey enthusiast.

Eva tells us about the tradition of Advent calendars and shows us one that she has made herself.

Cettina goes through more questions about Germany, particularly related to the GDR and its EU membership.

People who move to or visit Germany are often confused by the very thorough recycling system that is in place. Eva explains what types of materials go in which color bins and all about deposits on glass and plastic bottles.

Do you know what it means if a German says that something is nullachtfünfzehn? What about "to give someone the basket?" Eva looks at a few more German expressions.

In the second part of Jenny's interview with Edmund Stössel, she asks him about voice acting, and they compare the challenges of different types of acting work.

In this video, Eva talks about common winter ailments and the various medicines and home remedies that are used in Germany.

Yabla's own Jenny interviews Edmund Stössel, who began a career in law only to turn to television and work his way up to a managerial position at Rhein-Main-TV.

Pigs, cherries, and bears: Yabla's own Eva explains the meanings of a number of German expressions.

This installment of questions from the German citizenship test covers issues from maternity protection to the treaties that have defined German history.

Barbara and her students look at a few more sentences that each have a nominative subject and a dative object.

Barbara takes her students through some verbs with complicated structures, such as "fehlen" and "gehören." Luckily, Macy and Cramer are able to act out some of these to help their fellow students.

In the second video about the third category of verbs, Barbara takes the class through verbs such as danken and passen, which require the nominative and the dative.